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The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace and to impose them wherever it will.   Gasset, Jose Ortega Y


 

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Jose Ortega y Gasset (May 9, 1883 - October 18, 1955) was a Spanish philosopher. · Can we improve this biography? Post your version

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